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srnorrrcnrron forming pertef Leners Application filed November T, 1881.

JTO ai?. whom, it "may concern:

Be it known that I, Geenen Haves, a resident of the city, count-y, andState of New York, and a citizen ot' the United States, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Skylights, of which the following is aspecitication.

The objectof my invention is to provide for ventilation in a skylightwithout a Ventilating the height of the tiiriet-\valls, has the tendencyto narrow the space covered by the dit fused rays oi' light; and myinvention consists in a superstructure provided for one or more sectionsof a.skylight,(biii1tin any of the usual styles, the su perstructureconsisting of a skeleton frame tilled in,where necessary, withglass, andhaving a face open for ventilation. The root1 or top thereof wouldalways be glazed.

Y The sides may he glazed or filled in with sheet metahas desired.. TheVentilating-face may be provided with one or more valves or louverslats,to regulate the amount of ventilation, and exclude rain, hail, or snowfrom the interior. The entirety ot' this superstructure is above theplane ot' the skylight-glazing, its sides ris y in'g vertically from twooi' the sloping bars of the skylight, and its glazed top rooting in orcovering space between the sloping bars form` ing its support. The spacebetween the said bars may he partially glazed or left open, as desired.There may be as many ot' these ventilators applied to a skylight asdesired, and added thereto after a skylight has been constructed and inuse, or combined with the skylight during its construction and placed oneither or all of its slopes. By the use of this ventilating device theskylight may be kept well down toward the apartment to belightedthereby, its hase-frame resting securely upon the curb at the roof, andthe Ventilating-outlets being above the base-frame, all metallicVentilating framing or walls below thehase are dispensed with, as wellas metallic boxing'in relient No. 295,166, aerea Meren is, 18s/i.

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l or at the ridge. A narrow ridgehar may be used, and the skeleton frameor metal-work of the skylight may he reduced to the smallest dimensionsconsistent with strength, and the greatest expanse of lighting-surfaceobtained without in any manner affecting its ventilating qualities. Theamount of' ventilation secured thereby is far greater than that by theuse' of ridge-box ventilators, and maybe fully equal to that derivedfrom the turret method, and 'at much less expense.

In the accompanying drawings. Figures 1. 2, and 3 show in perspectivethree styles of skylight having my improvement combined therewith. Itmay he combined with many other shapes and kinds otskylight, and thesuperstructure also may be formed in other shapes than those shown, toconstitute a boxing which will cover an opening in the skylight, withits face adapted for Ventilating pur-l poses, so that it will be ineffect a transparent ventilator.

In Fig. l the ventilator is shown as having vertical sides, which may heglazed or not. as desired. It has a glazed top forming an inclinedplane, sloping from the ridge of the skylight toward its lower or outeredge, and atits outermost extremity is provided with a vertical face forventilation. The face is here shown as having a valve-sash pivoted inthe middle of each Aside. This sash may be hinged or pivoted at top orbottom, if desired, as I do not confine myself to this particular methodof hanging the valve. Two or more valves or louver-slats may he used andbe stationary or movable, as desired.

In Fig. 2 the top ofthe ventilator is shown with a level ridge extendingoutward from a center, and fourventilators'are thus provided, forming afour-sided or square skylight, or a transparent ventilator, as a whole.Each of the Ventilating devices in Fig. 2 consists of two triangularplates of glass, framed in, sloping downward irom the ventilatorridge toa hip-bar at each angle of the skylight, which forms a base for theglass, each side ofthe ridge, to rest on. These two plates of glass formthe top ofthe ventilatingdevioe. They also form sides therefor. At theoutermost extremity formed. Bars extending `from ridge to base at thelowermost extremities oi' the hip-bars,

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of the ridge a vertical Ventilating-face is Y slopingwith the glass andsupporting their edges, form, necessarily, the Ventilating-tace intoatriangle or gable, and the opening may be provided with a valve, as inFig. 1or louvered, as desired. Of course, the sides inthis form ofventilator may be said to be glazed as well as the top, as the glazingis both top' and sides. In a skylight ot'- this form only two of thegable-'ventilators may be used, if desired, and the remainder ot' theskylight glazed in, as usual.

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ing four of the ventilators rising from its surface, resemblingdormers,7 extending out ward from its center or apex, each having avertical Ventilating-face, which maybe valved or louvered, as desired.They each have vertical sides rising from sloping bars of theskylight,and their tops curved or seniicircular, as shown. The vertical portionsmay be glazed or filled in with sheet metal; but in this form glasswould be preferable. The tops must be glazed with curved glass. This isa form of skylight to be used only where Ventilation is desired, with askylight having the effect of a dome light, its ornamental appearancebeing its chief advantage.

The forms illustrated in Figs. 2 and3 I consider equivalents ormodifications of that shown in Fig. 1.

a represents the base-frame, b the ridge-bar,

and c sloping bars, of a skylight.

My improvement is not confined to any special form of skylight, as itmay be used upon any slope, andV is adapted to skylights constructedafter the usual manner. Ihave given the forms shown in the drawingsmerely to It forms an addition y,which maybe constructed therewith orapplieidlth'creto after such skylights have been iinished and in use.

d represents the face of the superstructure; e, lthe roof or top of thesame, and f its sides. :Ico'ustruct a skeleton frame of' sheet metal,and extend the same over an opening` in the skylight.l between thesloping bars thereof and A. ridge-barand base-frame. The opening is madeby omitting a' sheet or more` of glass in constructing, or removing froma skylight already constructed and in use. The superstructure forms acovering for the opening so made, and is a raised boxing thereto whenthe sides f and top e are glazed in. The face d rises from thebase-frameaof the skylight, and is open, but provided with valve-sash orlouvers to exclude rain, hail, or snow. Louvers may be used, movable orstationary, and their faces covered with -screen or perforated sheetmetal or wire-gauze. There may be as many of these superstructuresapplied to a skylight as desired and its size and shape will admit.

Persons already having skylights on their buildings may have myimprovement added thereto, if desired, and so obtain ventilation withoutinterfering with its illuminating prop erties or obstructing the light,or raising the skylight from its bed upon the curb of the'roof, and atbut comparatively small cost; and new skylights may be constructedcontaining it with lunch less expense thanany form of turret known.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent oi theUnited States, is-

l. In combination with a skylight, a skeleton frame with sides f and topor root' e, constituting a superstructure raised above the plane oftheglass plates of the skylight, and having a vertical face, d, as aventilator, the Ventilating-face provided with valve or louver,essentially as shown, for excluding rain, hail, or snow, substantiallyas described.

2. In combination with the base-frame a, and ridge b and sloping bars c,a boxing having glazed side f and top or roofe, and having aVentilating-face d, the said boxing open below to the interior of thestructure below the skylight, to which it constitutes a superstructurefor ventilation, substantially as described and shown.

GEORGE HAYES.

Witnesses:

SaML. M. HOPKINS, JOHN H. GrBsoN.

